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Night sky glows purple above Vera Rubin Observatory | Space photo of the day for July 22, 2025

Submit on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 20:11

The Vera Rubin Observatory in the Atacama Desert recalibrated under a purple night sky.

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Crypto billionaire Justin Sun will fly on Blue Origin’s next space tourism launch

Submit on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 20:11

Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of the blockchain platform Tron, is one of the six people who will fly to suborbital space on Blue Origin’s next tourist mission.

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Hubble spots interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS for the first time

Submit on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 17:11

The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday morning (July 21).

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SpaceX aborts satellite launch 11 seconds before liftoff

Submit on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 07:11

SpaceX aborted the planned launch of two of SES’ O3b mPOWER communications satellites just before liftoff on Monday evening (July 21). The company will try again tomorrow (July 22).

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‘Chaos’ reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

Submit on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 05:11

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter’s moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy moon’s interior.

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Eclipse chasers share insider tips, travel advice and skywatching secrets for the 2026 total solar eclipse

Submit on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 04:11

Our expert travel guide to the 2026 total solar eclipse in Greenland, Iceland and Spain is packed with insider tips, travel advice and skywatching secrets from seasoned eclipse chasers.

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This new ‘CosmoCube’ moon orbiter could eavesdrop on whispers from the early universe

Submit on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 03:11

U.K. scientists plan to send a small spacecraft to the moon’s far side to detect faint radio signals emitted shortly after the Big Bang.

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NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet rolls out for its 1st test drive (video)

Submit on Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 02:11

NASA recently took its new X-59 “quiet’ supersonic jet for a drive during taxi tests, one of the final hurdles between the aircraft and its first flight.

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